The Bounty Hunter Duo

Kuina put on her clothes, regaining her cold detachment.

"What do you want?"

"I hope your strength can increase over this month. After all, you're almost a young woman now, and I believe you can do it, right?"

Moyun looked Kuina up and down; he knew what kind of willpower the girl before him possessed.

If not for her premature death, she might be somewhat famous by now, just like Zoro.

"I will. Rest assured, I'll improve myself as quickly as possible."

Kuina nodded with a firm gaze, while Koshiro beside her drifted into a daze for a moment, seeming to see that stubborn Kuina of the past once again.

It appeared that the time he had left to spend with his daughter was only one month.

Because she had just been resurrected, Kuina couldn't wait to head straight to the training ground.

Moyun originally wanted to follow, but Koshiro blocked his path.

"What is it?"

"I want to ask a favor of you. If Kuina adventures with you in the future, please protect her properly. It was so hard for her to come back to life."

"That goes without saying."

Moyun nodded slightly, looking both arrogant and confident. After all, these people were his crewmates now.

He naturally had to protect them well.

"Although I don't know you very well, I still choose to believe you. I can tell you should be a formidable person."

Koshiro gave a wry smile. To think he was actually asking a favor of a seventeen-year-old boy.

"You've got that right, but I'll continue to improve my strength. When we return in the future, Kuina should be powerful enough to shock you."

Moyun had such confidence, and he would definitely unravel the secrets of that century.

Over the coming month, Moyun temporarily recuperated here.

Aside from cultivation every single day, Moyun also kept track of the days, calculating that Luffy should have already resolved the matters in Usopp's hometown by now.

Their next stop should be heading to the Baratie.

Moyun smiled playfully; he was somewhat looking forward to seeing Zoro's reaction upon meeting Kuina.

"Are you all ready?" Moyun knew that Kuina was about to face hellish training.

During this time, aside from helping Kuina, Moyun was also preparing the supplies needed for their next voyage.

After a month of tempering, Kuina gradually adapted to her grown-up life, and even her swordsmanship had been picked back up.

It was just that she didn't have a suitable sword yet.

"Don't you want to take your sword back from Zoro?"

"Forget it, I'll just find another sword."

Kuina shook her head. She knew why Zoro had taken her sword, but she still wanted to win the title of world's greatest swordsman herself!

"Fine. But you two will probably still meet anyway. We're heading to the Baratie next, and they should be right there."

"Why go there?"

"Don't you want to see how much Zoro has grown?"

Moyun raised an eyebrow. Moreover, Mihawk should be there, which would give Kuina a good chance to realize the gap between herself and the absolute peak.

"No, I'm not interested in him. Maybe we'll cross paths again one day, but I won't go easy on him."

Kuina turned her head away, her expression somewhat unnatural, as all her memories of Zoro were frozen in childhood.

"Whatever, I'm heading there anyway."

Moyun laughed heartily. He had just been teasing Kuina a moment ago.

"You!"

Only at times like this could Olvia tell that Moyun was just a young kid; the rest of the time, Moyun was practically chillingly calm.

"Alright, we're setting off now."

Olvia looked out at the distant coastline and spoke softly.

Seeing Kuina's appearance made her somewhat miss Robin. She owed that child a great deal, and she had no idea where Robin was right now.

Moments later, three people and a dog embarked on their journey.

Koshiro stood on the shore, quietly watching Kuina's departing back for a long time without a word.

"Oh right, when we disembark, you two should wear masks."

Moyun looked at the two great beauties in front of him. Olvia definitely needed a disguise; Marine informants were everywhere, and there was no telling when Olvia's face might become known to the higher-ups of the Marines.

Right now, he didn't have the ability to fight the Five Elders.

The power of the Chaos Fruit had not yet been fully explored by him.

On another ship with a sheep figurehead on the bow, Luffy was yawning. "My stomach is so empty. When are we going to get there?"

"Don't be impatient, Luffy! Under the leadership of Captain Usopp, I'll definitely get you there safely!"

Usopp scanned his surroundings with a telescope. This was his first time leaving the small island where he had grown up since childhood.

"Alarm! Alarm! There are enemies in the distance!"

Through the telescope, a small boat bearing the Marine flag was slowly sailing toward the Going Merry.

No way, had he only just become a pirate and he was already about to get caught by the Marines?!

Usopp panicked and roared frantically aboard the ship.

Unable to take it any longer, Nami delivered a fierce punch to Usopp, finally making him quiet down.

"You're so noisy! Making a huge fuss just over seeing a Marine!"

Zoro narrowed his eyes. Why did the people on that boat look so familiar to him?

"You pirates, prepare to meet your doom!"

A man wearing a blue hoodie brought his small boat close to the Going Merry, then leaped aboard while clutching a large saber.

"Running into us is just your bad luck!"

Another man in a green jacket followed right behind him onto the deck.

"You guys?"

Zoro slowly walked up to the two of them. They really had run into old acquaintances.

"Big Bro Zoro! What are you doing here? Did these pirates capture you?! We'll rescue you right now!"

The man in the blue hoodie shrieked. Exchanging glances with the person beside him, the two quickly rushed over to Zoro, grabbing him by the left and right to haul him up.

"What on earth are you two idiots trying to do?!"

Zoro let out a furious roar, shook them off, and drove his fists down hard into both of their heads.

How utterly humiliating!

"I'm a pirate now, not a bounty hunter. These people are my crewmates."

"What?!"

The man in the blue hoodie quickly stood back up, putting on sunglasses to quietly stare at Zoro with a deep, profound look.

"It seems we acted rashly. Apologies, let me introduce ourselves. We are the bounty hunter duo who target pirates. My name is Johnny."

"I'm Yosaku. We used to be Big Bro Zoro's peers, so please treat us well."

The man in the green jacket also stood up and lit a cigarette, his serious demeanor looking like a completely different person from just moments before.

"I really didn't expect to run into you guys here!"

Even though this duo had pulled a foolish stunt, they were still old acquaintances after all.

"Haha, welcome to join Captain Usopp's eight-thousand-strong great armada!"